Welcome to the Department of Government !

The Department of Government covers a wide range of political science topics in Austrian and Comparative Politics. Research and teaching mainly focus on political representation, party competition, political institutions, political economy and political behavior.

Further information on our team, current research projects and teaching can be found on the following pages.

Information on research of the research center 'Vienna Center for Electoral Research (VieCER)' can be found on the webpage of VieCER.

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Im Rahmen der Semesterfrage eröffnen Expert*innen der Uni Wien verschiedene Perspektiven auf dieses Spannungsfeld und laden ein Semester lang zur...
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Austria’s democratic story has taken a sharp turn in recent years. In 2021, the country was downgraded from a liberal democracy defined inter alia by...
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We are happy to welcome Assoc.-Prof. Andreas Goldberg (NTNU Trondheim) at our department as Professorial Research Fellow from March to December 2026...
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To kick off the next semester question, we are focusing on the interplay between universities and democracy. How is knowledge of democracy generated –...
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We are happy to welcome Ass.-Prof Lore Hayek (Universität Innsbruck) at our department as Senior Research Fellow from March to June 2026 and wish her...
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We are happy to welcome Paulus Wagner as a Marie Curie Post-doctoral Fellow at our department and wish him a great time at the University of Vienna.
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We are delighted to welcome Andrea Wiesner as coordinator of the “Democracy and Human Rights” research network at our department and wish her a great...
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Wissenschaft hören. Forschung erleben. Gesellschaft mitdenken.

Wie wird aus einer Forschungsarbeit, Bachelorarbeit oder Masterarbeit ein Podcast? Wie...
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We are happy to welcome Ass.-Prof Tristan Klingelhöfer at our department as Senior Research Fellow from mid-February to mid-March 2026 and wish him a...
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We are happy to welcome Adriána Kováčová as a Visiting PhD student in our department from February to April 2026 and wish her a pleasant time at the...
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The 2024 Austrian parliamentary elections were historical in multiple ways. Following a time of multiple intense crises, it was the first election in...
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We are looking for a Senior Scientist to develop, establish, and organize the research network “Democracy and Human Rights”, an interdisciplinary...
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12.06.2020
 

Pitch a Thesis - online: Forschung und (Berufs-)Praxis für Sozialwissenschaftler*innen

Am 16. Juni, 13:00 bis 14:30 Uhr stellen Studierende aus dem Sowi-Bereich den Forschungszweck ihrer Abschlussarbeit vor.
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24.04.2020
 

Announcement: post doc position for 4,25 years; application deadline: 30.05.

For a person with excellent knowledge of quantitative methods in the social sciences and interest in data science.
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09.03.2020
 

The Effects of a Wall: Gender Attitudes and Political Gender Gaps in Unified Germany

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